Display-stand.



10.770,172. l PATENTED.SEPT.`IS,1904. Y l E. DoIZ @L A. DUGOMBS.

DISPLAY STAND.

APPLICATION FILED APE. e. 1904.

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PATENT einen.,

DISPLAY-STAND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 770,172, datedSeptember 13, 1904.

Application filed April 6, 1904. Serial No. 201,897. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, EDGAR DOIZ and AL- BERT DUCoMBs, citizens of theUnited States, residing at New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans andState of Louisiana, have invented new and useful Improvements inDisplayy Stands, of which the followlng 1s a specification.

This invention relates to display-stands designed with special referenceto supporting and advantageously displaying hats, and particularly thoseworn by ladies, the stand being so constructed that it adjusts itself tohats of different shapes and sizes and enables millinery to beeffectively supported and held thereby. The construction also enablesthe spring-arms thereof to be removed and replaced when broken orinjured without requiring the services of an expert mechanic.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in thenovel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, as hereinfully described, illustrated, and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of adisplay-stand embodying the present invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view ofthe same with the cap removed. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view ofthe same, showing the manner of securing the' spring-arms.

Like reference-numerals designate corresponding parts in all the liguresof the drawings.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a standard which is preferablyin the form of a tube. Adjacent to the upper end of the standard thelatter is provided with a cup-shaped or cylindrical arm-supporting rim2, provided with a bead or shoulder 3,extending around the outsidethereof, while above the bead the rim is provided with a series of holes3', through end 'of the tubular standard l and are rmly secured and heldby means of a suitable plug 6, which is inserted or driven into theupper end of the standard, as shown in Fig. 3. Outside of the rim 2 eacharm is coiled, as shown at7, to provide the necessary verticalelasticity thereto and is then preferably extended upward at an angle,as shown at 8. As the outer end of the arm is approached the wire isbent in substantially a horizontal direction, as shown at 9, and thenprovided with one or more coils 10, which extend transversely of thelength of the arm, while the extremity of the wire is bent abruptlyoutward, as shown at 11, and sharpened to form a short projecting'impaling-point, which is located outside of and projects beyond the coilor coils 10, so as to engage and securely hold a hat placed upon thespring-arms. While the point or barb 11 iinpales the hat, the coil orcoils 10 serve as a stop and prevent the passage of the point or barb 11through the hat, so as not to injure the same.

Associated with the upper portion of the rim 2 is a cap 12, providedwith a flange 13, which extends over the rim 2 and is provided in itslower edge with notches 14, corresponding with the location of the holes3 and position of the arms 4, the said notches 14 receiving thespring-arms 4 in the manner shown in Figs. 1 and 3, said cap acting as aclosure for the cup-shaped rim, thus concealing the upper end of thestandard, the plug 6, and the inner portions of the spring-arms, whileallowing access to be had thereto for the purpose of detaching any oneor more of the spring-arms and replacing the same. If desired, the cap12 may be securedat one or more points by drops of solder, which form atemporary seal between the cap and rim, but allow the cap to be easilyremoved when necessary.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that the stand is adaptedto support and securely hold a hat of any size or shape without thenecessity of pinning the hat on the stand, as is usually found necessarywith the ordinary construe-tion of hat-holders.

Should one of the arms break, it can be removed and easily replaced byanother at small l. A display-stand comprising a standard,

spring-arms radiating therefrom, an arm-supporting rim on the standard,and a plug inserted in the upper end of the standard and acting to bindthe inner ends of all the arms inplace.

2. A display-stand comprising a standard, radial spring-arms having bentinner ends inserted in the standard, a plug inserted in the upper end ofthe standard and engaging the bent inner ends of all thearms, and a rimencircling the standard and forming a support for the arms.

3. A display-stand comprising a standard, a cup-shaped device thereonhaving holes formed at intervals of its sides, radial springarmsconnected to the standard and passing through said holes, and acapfitted to said device, having notches in which portions of the arms arereceived.

4. A display-stand comprising a standard,

a cup-shaped rirn thereon, radial spring-arms I connected to thestandard and passing outward through the rim, and a flangedarm-retaining cap itted to the upper portion of the rim and engaging thearms.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

EDGAR DOIZE. ALBERT DUCOMBS. Witnesses:

J. WM. MolssEN, AUG. KARAM.

